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Tennessee has 3,712 mapped plate readers. 3,218 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Memphis has the most (468), then Nashville (217) and Johnson City (212). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Sep 23, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in Tennessee by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Tennessee each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. Each one carries the date it was first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 77 | 8 in Johnson City and 8 in Memphis |
| Sep 2026 | 117 | 21 in Nashville and 9 in Memphis |
| Aug 2026 | 357 | 84 in Memphis and 33 in Nashville |
| Jul 2026 | 410 | 39 in Nashville and 37 in Johnson City |
| Jun 2026 | 360 | 88 in Memphis and 24 in Johnson City |
| May 2026 | 174 | 21 in Murfreesboro and 18 in Collierville |
| Apr 2026 | 135 | 18 in Memphis and 11 in Murfreesboro |
| Mar 2026 | 160 | 16 in Murfreesboro and 15 in Memphis |
| Feb 2026 | 120 | 14 in Nashville and 11 in Memphis |
| Jan 2026 | 168 | 21 in Memphis and 18 in Shelbyville |
| Dec 2025 | 291 | 38 in Memphis and 29 in Johnson City |
| Nov 2025 | 311 | 35 in Johnson City and 24 in Germantown |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Tennessee
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 110 agencies in Tennessee that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 62
- JCPD 38
- Mt. Juliet 8
- Gallatin PD 3
- ETSU 2
- jcpd 1
- Johnson City Police Department 1
- Smyrna Police Department 1
- Spring Hill Police Department 1
Plate reader law in Tennessee
| Topic | Tennessee |
|---|---|
| Status | Law, from a secondary source |
| Law | Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-302; § 10-7-504(a)(32) |
| What it does | Caps how long a government entity may store captured plate data at 90 days unless part of an ongoing investigation, and a records-law exception keeps the data confidential. |
| How long it is kept | 90 days |
| Public record? | Confidential and not open for public inspection (§ 10-7-504(a)(32)) |
| Public records law | Tennessee Public Records Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503 et seq. |
| Checked |
See Tennessee plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Tennessee: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Tennessee?
3,218 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Tennessee, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in Tennessee have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Memphis (468), Nashville (217) and Johnson City (212). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. 1 of the 3,218 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
Tennessee's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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3,712 cameras listed or mapped in Tennessee so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes: plate reader laws by state, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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